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2008: "InformationWeek's 5 disruptive technologies" very confusing!

Really, I just don't understand what this mad online journalism is doing to people. Let's take a look at this very quickly. It really doesn't make sense to me, maybe you can help me understand why it makes sense. First of all, half of the disruptive technologies have already be disruptive for quite some time. Virtualization, VoiP etc. Outsourcing Data Center is NOT a technology, it is a trend. Virtualization: quoting this from the page: " And there is a growing collection of pre-built "images" from both Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT ) (which calls them virtual hard disks ) and VMware (which uses the term virtual appliances ) that can make setting up a new server or desktop OS easier than ever before. Kusnetzky talks about new developments in virtualization that will allow a user to start a virtual machine in one location, suspend its operations, and then continue working from a different computer, exactly where things left off -- similar to how a laptop can wake up...